Graves v. Campbell
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Red River. Tried below before Hon. V. W. Hale, Special District Judge. August 10, 1888, appellant brought this suit in the District Court of Red River County against W. S. Campbell and C. W. Walker in trespass to try title to lots Nos. 1 and 4 in block 68 in the city of Clarksville, and for rents, etc. On 23d of November, 1888, Campbell and Walker entered their appearance and filed a general denial and plea of not guilty.
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Appeal from Red River. Tried below before Hon. V. W. Hale, Special District Judge. August 10, 1888, appellant brought this suit in the District Court of Red River County against W. S. Campbell and C. W. Walker in trespass to try title to lots Nos. 1 and 4 in block 68 in the city of Clarksville, and for rents, etc. On 23d of November, 1888, Campbell and Walker entered their appearance and filed a general denial and plea of not guilty. On the 20th of May, 1889, Mrs. Adeline Campbell, wife of W. S. Carajobell, intervened, and in her pleadings alleged that the property described in the petition…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Chief Justice.
Appellant purchased the land in controversy under an execution against a firm of which W. S. CamjDbell was a member. Campbell’s defense was that the property was the homestead of himself and family at the time appellant bought. Mrs. Campbell, the wife of W. S. Campbell, intervened and asserted that she owned the property in her separate right, for that it was paid for with her separate means.
There was evidence tending to show that this was true, as well as evidence tending .to show that appellant was a purchaser for valuable consideration and without knowledge or notice…
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